Louis XII dies earlier and Anne of Brittany remarries to Francis I

What if Louis XI dies on 1512 and Anne of Brittany remarries to Francis I, I think we can also have Claude and Renee married his bourbon cousins in that case?

Anne of Brittany is in her early 30's and Francis I in his teens right? can this marriage happen? she is still fertile at this point.
 
My initial reaction is haven't the men done enough to this poor woman?

She was born in 1477 and only married Louis XII because he was able to get an annulment from Pope Alexander IV. She was contractually (by the marital contract with second husband Charles VIII - she'd been legally wed to Maximilian before him) to wed Charles' successor (Louis, who claimed his wife was sterile and the Pope went along with it). By this time in her life she's had seven or so pregnancies with Charles and eight or nine with Louis. And what does she have to show for 15 or 16 pregnancies? Two girls. She's also 34/35 and going to start menopause soon. I seriously doubt that the amorous Francis wants to be fourth in line. Claude will inherit Brittany, he doesn't have to wed her mother to get it (the reason Louis wanted to wed her). Francis will still wed Claude.

Besides, she didn't want to marry Louis. I'm sure she's tired of being pregnant and she can retire with dignity and will jump at the chance to go to Brittany and run things there.

So, to answer your questions with my opinion (which is, like everyone else's, questionable): If Francis married Anne, Claude will wed the next guy in line while Renee (who's like two years old) will still go to the Duke of Ferrera as "payment" for the annulment. (D'Este is a son-in-law of Pope Alexander IV). I doubt Francis would be dumb enough (and even if he is, his mother isn't) to wed both daughters of Louis XII to heirs direct. (It's rumored Francis' mum used witchcraft against Anne of Brittany to ensure Francis was the next male heir.)

Yes, sort of. She was in her mid-30s and Francis was around 18 (born 1494).

No. His mummy is not going to allow the marriage and from all accounts, she was the power behind him at this period in his life (he was into whoring and hunting, in some order). And, Anne's fertility is about to plummet. And at this point, she's more likely to die from childbirth (along with the child, given her history) than survive it. But since she died OTL in 1514, all a marriage to her does is screw up Francis' life. He's got no wife, there's no Pope Alexander to give him a dispensation to wed one of Anne's daughters (and since Claude will be Duchess, he's really screwed if he weds her mother, because that's going to her husband.....). So, no, not gonna happen.
 
I can definitely see her marrying again to try for a son to establish Brittany's independence, but not to Francis.
 
It's likely that at this point, Brittany is still ending up in the royal demesne : it's not like French simply sat on their hands hoping that an heavy handed matrimonial policy would be enough. Since decades, any infragement (real or pretexted) of passed treaties met a swift and non-negocial answer from Valois, and Anne had no real ally to support her policies in face of a very powerful royal power. And any clause that benefited Anne was generally ignored (such as how Renée was technically going to inherit it, because that was not going to happen).

You'd argue that Claude de France was brethored, with a pretty much binding and detailed contract, with Charles V : this contract was particularily debated in France, and even Louis XII went against it eventually in spite of diplomatic advantages. Nobody except Anne wanted a possible Habsburg Brittany and the lobbiyng of Louise "Isn't my son handsome" de Savoie wouldn't help as it would have been even more supported by the court ITTL.

At worst, if Anne decide to commit a geopolitical suicide by refusing such union, Francois I would simply takeover Brittany as it did with Bourbon, meaning taking over it and nobody to help the initial holder. He could even pull a machiavellian answer and decides that, maybe, he doesn't need to marry Claude because [insert legalist pretext furnished by the Parliment of Paris]
 
I think Anne's had enough of "husbands" who just want her property and knock her up. She can now do what she wishes (move back to Brittany and run it) and let poor Claude deal with getting knocked up.
 
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